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D. W. Griffith

(Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948)

David Wark Griffith

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David Wark Griffith (January 22, 1875 – July 23, 1948) was an American film director. Considered one of the most influential figures in the history of the motion picture, he pioneered many aspects of film editing and expanded the art of the narrative film. (From Wikipedia)

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Eloquent Gestures: The Transformation of Performance Style in the Griffith Biograph Films (Berkeley: University of California Press, c1992), by Roberta E. Pearson (frame-dependent illustrated HTML at UC Press)

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A biography of David Wark Griffith and a brief history of the motion picture in America. (Exhibitor's Trade Review, 1920), by Charles Edward Hastings (page images at HathiTrust)
David Wark Griffith; a brief sketch of his career (D.W. Griffith Service, 1920), by Robert Edgar Long (page images at HathiTrust)

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Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948: Orphans of the storm (Grosset & Dunlap, 1922), also by Henry MacMahon (page images at HathiTrust)

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